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Grazia Deledda è stata una delle maggiori scrittrici italiane, in grado di raccontare l'ambiente rurale della sua terra d'origine - la Sardegna più aspra e in particolare la città di Nuoro - e i drammi naturali della vita di ogni uomo. Nel descrivere la vicenda del servo Efix e delle tre sorelle Pintor, dame di nobili origini ormai decadute, le cui vite vengono sconvolte dal ritorno in seno alla famiglia del nipote Giacinto, Grazia Deledda ci consegna una piccola grande epica della fragilità umana e del dolore dell'esistenza, facendo della Sardegna una potentissima miniatura dell'Italia intera.

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:wait no more ' ; of the long black cloak hanging on the wall; of the child who had seen the dead man. And she thought of the little naked birds in the deserted nest; of her poor little neglected brothers; of Anania's treasure; of midsummer night; and of her dead mother. She was afraid—she was sad, so sad that though she believed herself doomed to hell, she longed to die.Ol!'s son was born at Fonni in the springtime. He was called Anania by the advice of his godmother, the bandit's widow. He passed his infancy at Fonni, and in his imagination never forgot that strange village perched on the mountain crest, like a slumbering vulture. During the long winter, Fonni was all snow and fog ; but with the spring grass invaded even the steep village street, where beetles slept among the big, sun-warmed cobblestones, and ants ran confidingly in and out of their holes. The meagre brown houses with their roofs of scandtde (wooden tiles overlapping each other like fish- scales), showed on the street side narrow black doorways, balconies of rotten wood, little stairs often vine-garlanded. The Basilica of the Martyrs, with its picturesque belfry, rose among the green oaks of the old Convent court, dominating the whole little town and carved against a sky of crystalline blue. Fabulous beauty reigned on all sides. The tall mountains of the Gennargentu, their luminous summits outlined as it were with silver,crowned the great Barbagia valley, which in a succession of immense green shells rose to the hill-topS; among these Fonni with its scaled roofs and stony streets, defied the thunder and the winds. The district was in winter almost deserted, for its numerous population of wandering shepherds (men strong as the blast, and astute as foxes) descended with their flocks to the warm southern plains.... ... Read more

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Gleams among the Ashes
Although this is the only Deledda novel I have read, I cannot help but stare in wonder at the pages of this book. As a student of Italian language and culture, I find it remarkable that Deledda wrote so substantially and so well considering the social limitations of the time and place (turn of the century Sardegna). Deledda's education was limited to three years of primary school (as Kozma mentions in her helpful introduction), yet she boldly makes references to great works of Italian literature, including Manzoni's famous "Addio monti" passage from I Promessi Sposi (See Part I, Chapter 7 in Deledda) and The Divine Comedy by Dante (Purg. 8.1-9; See beginning of Part II, Chapter 1 in Deledda).

The novel itself is rich in Sardegnian culture; Deledda's story follows the life of Ananias, a boy who is both hopeful and tortured by the uncertain fate of a mother he can't remember. As Ananias grows to become a man, he allows his promising future to be jeopardized by his speculative past. Symbol, madness, and insight are weaved into the scenery of this beautiful, psychological, and tragic journey.

I found a faithful translation in Kozma, not to mention a helpful introduction and notes.

Misdirected Responsibility
"Ashes" is the sixth book by Grazia Deledda that I have read.I was fortunate to have started with "After the Divorce" which is still, by far, the best of her books that I've read.Thanks to the excellent intorductary background of the author by translator Jan Kozma, I now know that Deledda wrote 35 novels, 30 novellas and 350 short stories.Chances are I won't enjoy them all should I get a chance to read them.However, I did enjoy "Ashes" although I waivered between giving it a "3 star" or a "4 star" rating.I went with the higher rating because the book finishes strong.

Grazia Deledda won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 for her stories of life in her native Sardinia.One of the criteria for the prize is the depiction of different cultures (so when does Ishmael Kadare get his prize?).I must admit that I have enjoyed her look at Sardinian life around the turn of the century.In this book, the story focusses on the lifeof a young man in Sardinia.He entered the world illegitimately which would have been a big enough shame in America back then.In Sardinia it was a real curse but young Ananias always managed to do the right thing and eventually his future started to brighten considerably.His mother, who had abandoned him to his father at a young age, creeps back into his life at the time great things are about to occur.How Ananias handles the shame and responsibility might seem like something out of a romance novel.However, in "Ashes" it comes across more as something from a rigidly structured society that seems alien to us.Ananias's solution seems simultaneously mean-spirited and loving while the outcome seems destined and ironic.There is a symbol revealed at the end that tells us that we don't always understand what is important or why.Ananias understood that the message was obscure but the love that delivered it was eternal.Ashes can represent the end as well as the beginning.Like the message in "Ashes", I'm a bit befuddled by the message of "Ashes".Like Ananias, I suspect this is a message that will grow with time. ... Read more

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A Fantastic Book
This novel is dramatic and poetic, a story about passion and the destructiveness of ambivalence,in a wild, exotic setting.I was struck by the power of the story and the evocative writing. ... Read more

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magical
I just finished this novel, and I am amazed.It is everything a novel should be: artfully crafted, fascinating and just brilliant in general. Deledda's prose style is so direct that although she wrote this novel over 100 years ago it speaks clearly to the modern reader. She takes you right there to a long lost place. She should be well known, but she is not.My only regret is that only a portion of her work is available in english.I also loved her novels Cosima, After the Divorce and Reeds in the Wind. ... Read more

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Romantic Deledda
This is the 8th Grazia Deledda book that I have read.My favorite is still "After the Divorce" but the other books were interesting on many levels.The best aspect of Deledda is her description of the rural Sardinia circa (or should I spell it Sirca) the previous turn of the Century.It is a remote lifestyle similar to the Scicilian stories I've read by other authors.Deledda doesn't just paint a picture, her characters are real and bring out the cultural and personal attitudes and customs.In "Marianna Sirca" all those elements were there but, I have to confess, the book started out more like a romance novel.I don't read those Harlequin "Masterpieces" so I don't know how bad (or good?) that writing is.The writing IS good in this book and eventually there is a conclusion that says a lot about Sardinian ways and how a strong woman is weighted down by them. ... Read more

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a matter of strength
This short novel is an interesting study in inner strength.We are introduced to a young priest and his mother.We discover from the beginning that the priest is having an affair with a young widow in town.He is challenged by his mother whose faith impresses us with its strength.The priest, in turn, seems weak in that area.As other events take place, we see a transformation in the priest who struggles and falls but forces himself to do the right thing.The mother, however, undergoes doubts and weakens in her resolve.In the climatic ending we are reminded that faith is constantly challenged and thus is in need of regular maintenance.

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Title: Grazia Deledda: A Legendary Life.(Book review)
Author: Ursula Fanning
Publication: The Modern Language Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 101Issue: 3Page: 868(3)

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